athwart

英 [əˈθwɔːt]

美 [əˈθwɔːrt]

prep.  横跨于; 与…不一致; 与…相反

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牛津词典

prep.

• 横跨于
  across; from one side to the other
  1. They put a table athwart the doorway.
     他们把桌子横放在门口。
• 与…不一致；与…相反
  not agreeing with; opposite to
  1. His statement ran athwart what was previously said.
     他讲的话与先前所说的相抵触。

英英释义

adv

• at an oblique angle
  1. the sun shone aslant into his face
  Synonym:obliquelyaslant
• at right angles to the center line of a ship

双语例句

• This paper discusses Characteristic of earth work fabric used in road and bridge constructing as athwart sieving layer, and states the method and attentions using it in construction.
  本文论述了土工布在道桥施工中遇到护坡时以及城市道路改造工程中作为反滤层的特点，土工布在施工中的方法及注意事项。
• A ferry boat drifts athwart at the deserted crossing.
  野渡无人舟自横。
• His tendency toward violence was athwart the philosophy of the peace movement.
  他倾向于用暴力，这可是跟和平运动的宗旨背道而驰的。
• It was like a shower of roses falling athwart this house of mourning.
  那好象是阵荡涤悲哀的玫瑰雨。
• Unexpected events thrust themselves continually athwart our path.
  在我们工作的进程中，出乎意料的事层出不穷。
• The interior of the barricade, that species of tiny courtyard appropriated from the street, was bathed in shadows, and resembled, athwart the vague, twilight horror, the deck of a disabled ship.
  在街垒内部，这个由街道围进来的小院子被黑暗笼罩着，通过令人有些寒悚的暗淡曙光，看起来好象一艘残损船只的甲板。
• A fleet standing athwart our course.
  正横过我们的航向而行驶的一只舰队。
• The ship was anchored athwart the harbour mouth.
  轮船横着停泊在港口里。
• As the sun declined to its setting, casting long shadows athwart the soil from every pebble, Jean Valjean sat down behind a bush upon a large ruddy plain, which was absolutely deserted.
  正当落日西沉、地面上最小的石子也拖着细长的影子时，冉阿让坐在一片绝对荒凉的红土平原中的一丛荆棘后面。
• A red-cheeked young sentry put a bayonetted rifle athwart his chest, and was deaf to his protests in sputtering russian.
  一个双颊红润的年轻哨兵一言不发地把上了刺刀的步枪，横在他胸前，充耳不闻他气急败坏地用俄语提出的抗议。